Ricky Gervais has admitted that he wants to die before his longtime partner Jane Fallon.
The comedian was appearing on BBC1's The One Show on Monday and discussed his hit Netflix series After Life.
Ricky, 60, was speaking to Alex Jones and appeared on the show with his German Shepherd.
Alex said to the guest: "So you say that you were inspired to write it [After Life] thinking of your wife Jane and what it would be like losing her.
"So does that mean you've learned to appreciate her a bit more?"
Ricky quickly responded to say he always did appreciate her and said that was actually where the idea came from.
He said: "The first thought I had was what if you lost everything. You could do what you want and it would have no consequences."
He continued: "I had to think, 'well what is losing everything?' and to me it's your soul mate, your life partner. So that's where it came from."
He admitted he'd be terrible if he lost his partner and confessed: "I want to go first, which is selfish but I do."
After his dog's timely wimper, Ricky hugged the animal and said he wasn't planning on going anywhere yet.
After Life has been a huge success and series three has been even more popular.
The series has won him a whole new generation of fans and has been viewed 100 million times, according to Netflix.
The show tells the touching story of local journalist and widower Tony, who lost his wife Lisa (Kerry Godliman) to cancer and at first rages against the world in his grief before learning to let people in.
While Ricky is known for his comical acts, he says people have approached him to tell him how much it has helped them with their own grief.
And he revealed in a recent interview that there is one scene that still makes him cry no matter how many times he sees it.
He said: "I do get caught up in it. When I write it, I get emotional if it’s real enough. But then you see it in the edit 70 times and you stop crying.
"There’s one bit that still gets me – I can’t watch it. It’s when Lisa reads a poem in the bed. Oh, God. It still gets me. That’s going to cause people a lot of trauma.
"If you don’t cry at that, you should go to a doctor because you’re a sociopath [laughs]."
